Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] [vb past] [adv] at [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Well er you at Holland I usually stayed home at night .
2 I never felt entirely at ease here when I was a little girl .
3 And she finally got in at quarter to and she 's , oh Kim said she was in a dreadful state .
4 She always worked well at school .
5 The flat was owned by Mick 's grandmother , who regularly turned up at Clash gigs .
6 Lucian Freud was among those who sometimes called in at breakfast and who , whilst Bobby Hunt made coffee , lay sprawled round the room , exercising their wit on the contents of the day 's newspaper .
7 She never felt particularly at ease in his office .
8 She never felt entirely at ease on her own in pubs .
9 Even Jimmy 's early morning blues were not proof against that , and they eventually arrived back at base in a much better humour than when they took off .
10 While they were accustomed to being absolute rulers in Hanover they realized that being King of England was more important than being Elector of Hanover and they spent most of their time in England , but they never felt entirely at ease in the forty-six years during which they ruled in London .
11 Erm certainly I think all of our quarry , the quarry , I think we were overwhelmed with the support because it was really in our place that the dispute started and a lot of other people who I 'd spoken to you know they they were amazed at the support we received and , seemed to be the shyer the people you know the , some of the lads they never spoke much at lodge meetings , but after a while they 'd be getting up and saying their pieces and , you know I think it 's just because you knew you had backing , and people helping and urging you on , advising you , and the union helping and you know they leant over backwards in various fields to help us .
12 Joe always aided and comforted me when he could , in some way of his own , and he always did so at dinner-time by giving me gravy , if there were any .
13 He sat up immediately on his cot , feeling a surge of pleasurable anticipation course through him at the prospect of one more day stalking the great game animals of southern Asia through the beautiful tropical forest where he now felt almost at home .
14 He had spent most of the Forties in the Washington embassy , sat on the Anglo-American committee on atomic information and had a permanent and unrestricted pass to the headquarters of the Atomic Energy Commission , which he frequently used late at night .
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